Construction of the controversial hotel began following approval by the KFS board on January 21, 2025, with a conditional Special Use License issued on February 12.
The KFS board reviewed and approved the request on January 21, 2025, with a conditional Special User License issued just three weeks later on February 12, 2025.
While Ruto had instructed police to shoot violent protesters in the legs to incapacitate them before taking them to hospital and subsequently to court, Koech dismissed this as insufficient.
Koech alleged that authorities view Gachagua as a threat because of his inflammatory rhetoric.
